Stay stalker-ish, gamers.
: The "Invert Hair" feature allowed players to horizontally flip any student's hairstyle. This build also added physics to Protagonist Hairstyle #184 , preventing it from clipping into the character model while running.
The cutscene where "Togo warns Ryoba about approaching delinquents" was upgraded from text-on-black-screen to a full animation. Yandere Simulator v04.01.2025
“That’s what Yandere Simulator has been missing this entire time. Rivals? Pssh, forget that shit! What Yandere Simulator REALLY needs are quests that give you EXP so you can level up! What do you get for leveling up? Fucking nothing! But seeing number go up is good!”
Yandere Simulator is not on Steam yet. To get build v04.01.2025: Stay stalker-ish, gamers
A week after the satirical April 1st release, YandereDev pushed a more serious follow-up build on . This update acknowledged the chaos of the joke build while cleaning things up and adding genuinely requested improvements. Some of the most notable refinements include:
If you are currently setting up a custom scenario or tracking down a specific bug in this version, let me know: The cutscene where "Togo warns Ryoba about approaching
Additionally, a previously subtitle-only cutscene received full visual treatment, which YandereDev described as one of the "most impressive-looking cutscenes in the game, visually."
Beneath the satirical veneer lurked a genuinely significant addition: the finally became fully functional. Although players had previously been able to purchase a chainsaw from the hardware store in town, it lacked animations and sound effects—rendering it little more than a decorative oddity.
: Fixed an issue where male students would react to the death of Chigusa (the 1980s rival) by engaging in a physical struggle instead of using pepper spray, which was inconsistent with their Student Council AI.
The headline feature of v04.01.2025 is performance. For years, Akademi High School ran like a slideshow on mid-range PCs due to the sheer number of student scripts running simultaneously.